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The Count of Monte Cristois an adventure novel byAlexandre Dumas. A man’s gifted life is changed overnight from the height of happiness to rigorous imprisonment. Edmond Dantès who is fortunate enough to lead a wonderful life with his personal & professional success. Soon to become a captain of the ship, he is engaged to beautiful and young Mercedes.
Framed by his envious friends, co-workers and neighbors, he has been charged for political reasons while he was carrying a letter to one of the Bonapartists. The public prosecutor knowing his innocence is about to set him free. However he came to know the letter carried by him was intended to be delivered to none other than his father. He realizes this could make himself into trouble and plot against Edmond and send him to prison for ever.
In the prison Edmond meets an intellectual and gathers lot of knowledge from him, including information about a hidden treasure in the island of Monte Cristo. The death of the intellectual and the incidents preceding his cremation opened his way to free from prison and he unearths the treasure from the island. The rest of the story is narrated of his revenge against those people, who made his life miserable by sending him to prison.
T he Count of Monte Cristo entered the adjoining room, which Baptistin had designated as the drawing-room, and found there a young man, of graceful demeanor and elegant appearance, who had arrived in …
O ur readers must now allow us to transport them again to the enclosure surrounding M. de Villefort’s house, and, behind the gate, half screened from view by the large chestnut-trees, which on all sid…
W e will now relate what was passing in the house of the king’s attorney after the departure of Madame Danglars and her daughter, and during the time of the conversation between Maximilian and Valenti…
A s soon as Barrois had left the room, Noirtier looked at Valentine with a malicious expression that said many things. The young girl perfectly understood the look, and so did Villefort, for his count…
M . and Madame de Villefort found on their return that the Count of Monte Cristo, who had come to visit them in their absence, had been ushered into the drawing-room, and was still awaiting them there…
N ot on the same night as he had stated, but the next morning, the Count of Monte Cristo went out by the Barrière d’Enfer, taking the road to Orléans. Leaving the village of Linas, without stopping at…
A t first sight, the exterior of the house at Auteuil gave no indications of splendor, nothing one would expect from the destined residence of the magnificent Count of Monte Cristo; but this simplicit…
I t was evident that one sentiment affected all the guests on entering the dining-room. Each one asked what strange influence had brought them to this house, and yet astonished, even uneasy though the…
T he evening passed on; Madame de Villefort expressed a desire to return to Paris, which Madame Danglars had not dared to do, notwithstanding the uneasiness she experienced. On his wife’s request, M. …
A t the Place Louis XV. the three young people separated—that is to say, Morrel went to the Boulevards, Château-Renaud to the Pont de la Révolution, and Debray to the Quai. Most probably Morrel and Ch…
I t was about six o’clock in the evening; an opal-colored light, through which an autumnal sun shed its golden rays, de…
T he next day Danglars was again hungry; certainly the air of that dungeon was very provocative of appetite. The prison…
W e awake from every sleep except the one dreaded by Danglars. He awoke. To a Parisian accustomed to silken curtains, w…
A t the same time that the steamer disappeared behind Cape Morgiou, a man travelling post on the road from Florence to …
T he count departed with a sad heart from the house in which he had left Mercédès, probably never to behold her again. …
T he recent events formed the theme of conversation throughout all Paris. Emmanuel and his wife conversed with natural …
N otwithstanding the density of the crowd, M. de Villefort saw it open before him. There is something so awe-inspiring …
T he judges took their places in the midst of the most profound silence; the jury took their seats; M. de Villefort, th…
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